Watch veteran Toronto Star reporter Tanya Talaga discuss the challenges of reporting on issues facing Indigenous communities in Canada during her Clissold Lecture.
In a performance Colleen Richardson never expected, the Don Wright Faculty of Music professor was awarded the Canadian Band Association (CBA) International Band Award. This marks only the fourth time this honour has been given since 1991.
From a famed anthropologist and a Hockey Hall of Famer to world-changing entrepreneurs and scientists, several distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees this spring as Western celebrates its 311th Convocation.
Have you been a full-time Western employee for more than one year? Apply to take part in a global experience through Western's Leave for Change Program. Application deadline is April 20.
Led by Alumni Relations, “It's On Me” provides students with free breakfast during final exams and supports Western’s Wellness Education Centre. Learn how you can get involved (April 9-11).
Asthma affects approximately three million Canadian adults and children. Researchers at #WesternUand @McMasterU are developing an innovative lung imaging method aimed at guiding and personalizing treatment for Canadians with severe, poorly controlled asthma.
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room physician at the London Health Sciences Centre, and his fellow researchers have designed a revolutionary 3D-printed stethoscope using free open-source software.
Catherine Stinson, a postdoctoral fellow at Western who specializes in philosophy of science, cautions that the software engineers who are writing the algorithms governing more and more socially sensitive institutions lack training in ethics.
People across North America love to garden, yet the vast majority of garden plants are non-native species.
Day-lilies, peonies, roses, chrysanthemums and butterfly bushes, just to name a few, are all non-natives. They evolved in far-away places such as Europe and Asia and people transported them to North America.
Find out why Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Rob Hegele understands that junk food may be bad for your body, but a little rock ‘n’ roll is still good for the soul.
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